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Prakash and Others v. The State of Maharashtra and Another

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Reported as [2024] 12 S.C.R. 1160
Bench B.R. Gavai and K.V. Viswanathan JJ.
Decided 19 December 2024

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What the Court ordered

We are of the considered view that the reasoning given by the High Court for refusal to discharge the appellants is completely perfunctory.

Judgment, page 25

From the headnote

Issue for Consideration Issue arose whether the courts below were justified in accepting the prosecution case that the act of suicide by the victim was a direct result of the words uttered by the appellants at the mahalokadalat when there was a clear gap of over a month between the incident at the mahalokadalat and the commission of suicide. Headnotes† Penal Code – ss.306, 107 – Abetment of suicide – Disputes between the victim, and her husband-appellant no.1 and in-laws – Victim tortured mentally and physically over demand of money at her matrimonial house – Victim started residing

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Of those, 1 referred to · 3 mentioned

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